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This "Muster Roll" identified a group of men "mustered into the service" of the protection of the people of Kansas Territory. The roster included the name, age, and height of each man, as well as notes about their personal ownership of a horse, riding equipment, and arms. The group probably acted as a unit of the free state militia.
Date: ca. 1855
Item Number: 6920
Call Number: James Abbott Coll. #252 Box 2 Folder 8
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 6920
Collections - Manuscript - Abbott, James
Date - 1854-1860 - 1855
Military - Equipment - Animals - Horses
Military - Service - Militias
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Military - Weapons - Firearms
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Roster
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Military records - Muster rolls
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/6920